1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1923 United Kingdom general election December 2024 December 2024 1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 6 December 1923 Scotland parliamentary no 1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1922 List of MPs elected in the 1922 United Kingdom general election 1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1924 All 74 Scottish seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the 1923 United Kingdom general election 67.9% (2.5 pp) Ramsay MacDonald ggbain 35734.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ramsay MacDonald Labour Party (UK) Seaham 29 seats,fn2 32.2% 34fn2 5 532,450fn1 Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only 35.9%fn1 3.7 ppfn1 Beresford-HH_Asquith_portrait_1923.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 H. H. Asquith Scottish Liberal Party Liberal Paisley 28 seats,fn2libs 39.2% 23fn2libs 5fn2libs 422,995fn1 28.4%fn1 10.8 ppfn1 Stanley Baldwin (1923).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Stanley Baldwin Unionist Party (Scotland) Conservative Bewdley 15 seats,fn2 25.1% 16fn2 1 468,526fn1 31.6%fn1 6.5 ppfn1 File:United Kingdom general election 1923 in Scotland.png On Thursday 6 December 1923,Morgan William Thomas 1924 The British Elections of December, 1923 https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S000305540010869X/type/journal_article American Political Science Review en 18 2 331–340 10.2307/1943928 1943928 0003-0554 subscription the 1923 United Kingdom general election was held in Scotland, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 74 seats being in Scotland.As per Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972, except Graig omits indication that the burgh of Renfrew was not entirely within the county of the same name 71 seats (32 burgh constituencies and 38 county constituencies)One burgh seat, Dundee, was represented by two members of parliament. represented territorial constituencies. There was also one university constituency, which elected an additional 3 members using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) method.https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04458/ Research Briefing: Voting systems in the UK 10 January 2023 Library of the House of Commons 26 November 2024 The election led to an overall drop in seats for the Conservative Party, with the Liberal Party and Labour taking seats across the United Kingdom. The election saw the formation of the first Labour Government under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, with the support of the reunited Liberal Party under H. H. Asquith; however, the Labour Government would only survive a year, owing to a vote of confidence the following year. Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1923 general election in Scotland, excluding those in the Combined Scottish Universities constituency.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 25 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/23 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026Craig F. W. S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–49 https://books.google.com/books?id=MMCuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147 1st 1977 The Macmillan Press Ltd London and Basingstoke 978-1-349-81467-1 Affiliation CandidatesScottish Liberal Party 59Unionist Party 52Labour Party 45 Communist Party of Great Britain 4The candidates that stood were Willie Gallacher in Dundee, Aitken Ferguson in Glasgow Kelvingrove, Alec Geddes in Greenock and Walton Newbold in Motherwell.Co-operative Party 3The candidates that stood were Andrew Young in Glasgow Partick, Tom Henderson in Glasgow Tradeston and John Biggar in Paisley.Independent Labour 2Candidate D. D. Cormack stood in Paisley and Candidate Hugh McCowan stood in Western Isles.Scottish Prohibition Party 1Leader Edwin Scrymgeour stood in Dundee.Miners' Reform Union 1Candidate Philip Hodge stood in West Fife.Total 167 Analysis The election saw the Labour Party make further gains following their success in the previous election in 1922, winning 34 seats in total. Labour won Kirkcaldy Burghs, Glasgow Partick, Kilmarnock and Berwick and Haddington from the Liberals, though lost Stirling and Falkirk to the Liberals. The Co-operative party, under the Labour Party Whip, won Glasgow Patrick with candidate Andrew Young. It retained its other seat in Glasgow Tradeston. The Liberals, who had reunited following the split caused by the continuation of the Wartime coalition, came in second on 23 seats, down five from the previous combined total for their two former factions. The Unionists gained a seat overall, finishing third on 16 seats. The party lost Perth and Edinburgh North to the Liberals, and Dunbartonshire, Lanark and Midlothian and Peebles Northern to the Labour Party. However, the Unionist Party won Motherwell from the Communist Party of Great Britain, Glasgow Cathcart from the Labour Party, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Penrith and Cockermouth, Moray and Nairn and Kinross and Western Perthshire from the reunited Liberal Party. Although Labour won a plurality of seats in Scotland, when combined with results from across the UK, the Conservatives (with whom the Unionists aligned at Westminster) led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, won a plurality in the House of Commons. The conservatives were however, well short of majority, with both Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald, and H. H. Asquith's reunited Liberal Party gaining enough seats to produce a hung parliament. MacDonald formed the first Labour government with tacit support from the Liberals. Rather than trying to bring the Liberals back into government, Asquith's motivation for permitting Labour to enter power was that he hoped they would prove to be incompetent and quickly lose support. Being a minority, MacDonald's government only lasted ten months and another general election was held in October 1924. The Scottish Prohibition Party retained its only seat in Dundee. Seat summary Below is a table summarising the total number of seats, gains and losses for each party in both the territorial county and burgh constituencies and the Combined Scottish Universities constituency. +PartySeats Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%)   Labour (Total) 34 7 2 5 45.9 Labour Party (UK) 32 6 2 4 43.2 Co-operative Party 2 1 0 1 2.8   Liberal 23 3 8 5libs Liberal total and change in compared to the combined Liberal and National Liberal total in 1922 31.1   Unionist 16 6 5 1 21.6   Scottish Prohibition 1 0 0 1.4   Communist 0 0 1 1 — Total 74 County and burgh constituency results Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1923 general election in Scotland, excluding the result in the Combined Scottish Universities constituency. +PartyBritish Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006 24SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%)Adjusted for multi-member constituencies. Change (%)   Labour (Total) 34 7 2 5 47.9 532,450 35.9 3.7 Labour Party (UK) 32 6 2 4 45.1 503,289 34.0 3.6 Co-operative Party 2 1 0 1 2.8 29,161 1.9 0.1   Liberal 22 3 8 5 31.0 422,995 28.4 10.8   Unionist 14 6 5 1 19.7 468,526 31.6 6.5   Communist 0 0 1Walton Newbold in Motherwell. 1 — 39,448 2.4 1.0   Scottish Prohibition 1Edwin Scrymgeour in Dundee. 0 0 1.4 25,753 0.9 0.1   Independent Labour 0 colspan="3" Did not stand in 1922 — 5,696 0.4  Miners' Reform Union 0 colspan="3" Did not stand in 1922 — 6,459 0.4 Total 71 0 100.0 1,501,327 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 2,250,826Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 67.9https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 8 August 2026 2.5 Popular votefn1 #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour Party 35.9 Unionist Scottish Conservative Party 31.6 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 28.4 Other #777777 4.1 Parliamentary seatsfn2 Combined results for burgh, county and university seats #ddd 600px 410px Labour Scottish Labour Party 47.3 Liberal Scottish Liberal Party 31.1 Unionist Scottish Conservative Party 21.6 Prohibition Scottish Prohibition Party 1.4 Combined Scottish Universities result The Combined Scottish Universities elected an additional 3 members to the house using the STV voting method. Note that there was no election as only three candidates stood for election. General election 1923: Combined Scottish Universities Unionist Party (Scotland) George Andreas Berry Liberal Party (UK) Dugald Cowan Unionist Party (Scotland) Henry Craik See also 1923 United Kingdom general election in England 1923 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1923 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland Notes References Politics Scotland United Kingdom Category:1923 in Scotland Category:1920s elections in Scotland 1923 #Scotland